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HMCS
QU'APPELLE H69
F
- Class Destroyer (RN)
River
Class Destroyer (RCN)
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HMCS QU'APPELLE H69
From the collection of Ivan Chamberlain
Courtesy of Dave Chamberlain
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Battle honours and awards: Atlantic
1944, Normandy
1944, Biscay 1944
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Laid down: 21
Aug
1933
Launched: 12
Oct 1934
Commissioned: 06
Jun 1935
Transferred to RCN:
08 Feb 1944
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Commissioned:
08 Feb 1944
Paid off: 27 May 1946
Fate: Sold for scrap in
1947
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Commissioned on 06 Jun 1935 as HMS
FOXHOUND, she was a
member of the 8th Flotilla, Home Fleet, on the outbreak of war, and
on 14 Sep 1939, shared in the sinking of U 39 off the Hebrides -
the first U-boat "Kill" of the war. In Apr 1940, she
took part in the second Battle of Narvik, and in Nov 1940 was
transferred to Force 'H' at Gibraltar. On 18 Jun 1941, she shared
in the sinking of U 138 west of Cadiz, and she took one convoy to
Malta. From Jan 1942 to May 1943, she served with the Eastern
Fleet, then transferred to West Africa Command, Freetown. In Sep 1943, she returned to the U.K. for an extensive refit on
the Humber, and on 08 Feb 1944, was commissioned there as HMCS QU'APPELLE. She served on D-Day with EG 12 and on 08 Jun 1944, HMCS
QU'APPELLE was attacked by U-953 (Oblt Karl-Heinz Marbach). The
Gnats (acoustic torpedoes) exploded in the ship's wake with no
damage to the ship. After D-Day she took part
in Biscay and Channel patrols, latterly with EG 11. HMCS QU'APPELLE participated in operation "Dredger" against German escort
vessels at the U-boat meeting points off Brest and southward. During
the night of 5/6 Jul the 12th EG, comprising of QU'APPELLE,
SASKATCHEWAN, SKEENA and RESTIGOUCHE, attacked 3 patrol boats off
Brest: V715 was sunk but not before hitting QU'APPELLE and
SASKATCHEWAN many times with small calibre gunfire. She arrived at Halifax
for the first time on 29 Nov 1944, and proceed to Pictou,
N.S., for refit. Completing this refit on 31 Mar 1945, she served
as a troop transport between Greenock and Halifax from Aug to Oct
1945. She was paid off on 11 Oct 1945 to serve as a stationary
training ship attached to the Torpedo School at Halifax. Removed
from service in Jun 1946, she was transferred to War Assets
Corporation for disposal on 14 Apr 1947. Added to the disposal
list on 12 Jul 1946, she was sold later that year for breaking up at Sydney, N.S.
Photos and Documents
The Ship's Bell
Wartime
Diary of George Stone during QU'APPELLE'S operations in the English Channel
05 Jun - 12 Aug 1944
Commanding Officers
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Cdr Dickson Carlisle Wallace, DSC,
RCNR - 08 Feb 1944 - 18 Apr 1944
Cdr Alex Murray McKillop,
RN - 20 Apr 1944 - 11 Jul 1944
Cdr John Dudley Birch, RNR - 12 Jul 1944 - 09 Sep
1944
Cdr James Douglas Prentice, DSC,
RCN - 10 Sep 1944 - 04 Dec 1944
Cdr E.L. Armstrong,
RCN - 05 Dec 1944 - 06 Jan 1945
Cdr Edgar George Skinner, DSC,
RCN - 07 Jan 1945 - 02 Apr 1945 |
LCdr Ian Angus,
RCNVR - 03 Apr 1945 - 21 Jun 1945
A/LCdr Wilfred Davenport,
RCNR - 22 Jun 1945 - 09 Oct 1945
Lt J.H.C. Bovey,
RCN - 10 Oct 1945 - 25 Nov 1945
A/LCdr W.E. Harrison, DSC, RCNR - 26 Nov
1945 - 22 Mar 1946
A/LCdr John Crispo Leckie Annesley,
RCN - 23 Mar 1946 - 07 Apr 1946
Lt Deryck Adamson,
RCNR - 08 Apr 1946 - 27 May 1946 |
In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
Lest We Forget
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
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Angus,
Ian
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Annesley,
John C. L.
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Beer,
John E.
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Berthelet,
Alfred Z.
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Bovey,
John H.G.
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Carriere,
Robert H.
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Campbell,
John E.C.
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Clarance,
Charles D. |
Dadson,
Henry W.
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Elliott,
Glen L.
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Frewer,
Philip G. |
Gillespie,
Andrew
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Guile,
Gerald E. |
Herbert,
Earl G.
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Hill,
Arthur G. |
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Kubis, John
K.
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Lamont,
Archibald G.W. |
Lawrence,
James
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Maslen,
Leonard
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Maize,
Howard R.
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McGinn,
George H.
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Moore,
William K.
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Moreland,
William
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Platt,
Joseph V.
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Prentice,
James D. |
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Rollinson,
Frederick M.
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Rowan,
Robert
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Sellon,
Murray G.
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Sheehan,
Michael J.
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Singer, Hyman
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Spinney, A.
Wesley
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Stone,
George A.
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Thompson,
Arthur A.
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Timbrell,
Robert W.
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van
Nostrand, Innes N.
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Walker,
Donald I.
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Wallace, Dickson
C.
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Walsh,
Gordon E.
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Wells,
John G.
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Former Crew Members
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Baldwin,
James Campbell, RCNVR - 17 Apr 1945
Bourns,
John Desmond, A/Lt, RCNVR - 14 May 1945
Bowser,
Edwin Putnam, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1944
Brown,
William Donald, LCdr (E), RCNR - 08 Feb 1944
Campbell,
John Colin, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Carstens,
Harry Rene, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Jan 1945
Clarence,
Charles Douglas, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Dadson,
Henry William, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Duff,
John Alexander, Paym/Lt, RCNVR - 03 Jun 1944
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Frost,
Maxwell Hubert, Surg/Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Hardy,
Harold Stevenson, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Feb 1945
Hicks,
Wessely, SLt, RCNVR
Hierligh,
Ralph Emerson, Lt, RCNVR - 26 Mar 1945
Holmes,
Harry Gilbert, Gnr (T), RCN - 08 Feb 1944 Hunter,
Bryce Pepall, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
Irven,
Leonard Manley, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945
Knowles,
John Irving, Wt (E), RCN - 24 Jul 1945
Lort,
Roger Anthony Hutton, Lt, RCNVR - 31 Mar 1944 |
Matheson,
George Henry, Lt, RCNR - 31 Mar 1944
McCully,
William (Wild Bill) Selkirk Taylor, Lt, RCN - 08 Feb 1944
McDermid,
Edgar Sydney, Lt, RCNVR - 08 Feb 1944
McPhillips,
William Charles, SLt, RCNVR - 06 Feb 1945
Murphy,
Vincent John, SLt, RCN - 21 Jul 1944
Palmer,
Ivor James Llewellyn, LCdr (E), 19 Feb 1944
Pinder,
Herbert Charles, Lt, RCNVR - 12 Apr 1945
Savard,
Clement, Lt, RCN - 15 Feb 1944
Shorten,
Harry, SLt, RCNVR - 05 Feb 1945 |
Photos and
Documents
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Newspaper
article on HMCS QU'APPELLE H49 participation on a battle against German
armed trawlers
From the collection of Eldred Morton Smith
Courtesy of Paul Smith |
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Newspaper article on HMCS QU'APPELLE H49
participation on a battle against German armed trawlers - 06 Jul 1944
From the collection of Eldred Morton Smith
Courtesy of Paul Smith |
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Personnel
examining the damaged tiller flat of HMCS QU'APPELLE, England, 16 August
1944
Source: Lt Richard G. Arless / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library
and Archives Canada / PA-211858 |
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Damage to QU'APPELLE'S stern where she was
struck by HMCS SKEENA
From
the memoirs of Peter Chance, Cdr, RCN, ret'd: We were in line
ahead when the order came to reverse course. Thinking we would all
turn together Skeena turned what turned to be early. The result was
a near head on collision with Qu'Appele which was averted only with
a hard a port course change which nearly cleared the stern of
QuAppele. Our bow was bent and we limped into Plymouth to the
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HMCS QU'APPELLE H69
Courtesy of Hugh Muir |
Newspaper
articles on operation "Dredger" against German escort
vessels at the U-boat meeting points off Brest and southward. During
the night of 5/6 Jul the 12th EG, comprising of QU'APPELLE,
SASKATCHEWAN, SKEENA and RESTIGOUCHE, attacked 3 patrol boats off
Brest.
(IN01)
Night Insane As RCN Mangled German Ships - Toronto Star 18 Jul
1944 (IN02) Canadian Sink 3 Ships As Star Shells Light Sky -
Toronto Star 11 Aug 1944 (IN03) 6 Supply Ships Sunk By Allies
Off France - undated newspaper article (IN04) Naval Forces
Fight in Channel - undated newspaper article
From
the collection of Innes Neil van
Nostrand
Courtesy
of Hugh van Nostrand
DC01
From
undated newspaper - Account of the action that took place during
Operation Dredger
From
the collection of AB Dave
Christison, RCNVR
Courtesy
of Thomas Christison
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Letter
written by Sto Earl Herbert while crossing the Atlantic from Halifax
to the UK on HMCS QU'APPELLE - Aug 1945 with transcriptions.
Note: pages 5-8 are missing from this letter.
From the collection of Earl Herbert
Courtesy of Gerry Oliphant
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